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Old 01-28-2012, 06:20 AM
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95 runner 3.0 needs help

the problem started only when wet then progressed to just about all the time. The truck acts like it has a rev limiter around 1850 rpms. It goes up to 1850 then drops then just bounces around between about 1000 and 1850.

I have no check engine light on. I just changed the distr cap and rotor, plugs wires and air filter.

I do recall a time in the summer (when replacing exhaust) that I saw a spark almost an arching at the coil. Could not pinpoint origin or destination but it did stay between the coil and the igniter.

I am going to a yard today to grab a few igniters and a coil and maybe a tps to see if that fixes the issue before dropping the big bucks on those parts.

If anyone has any insight to this issue please help......
Old 01-28-2012, 06:55 AM
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sounds like u heading in the right direction to me.... if u see spark at the coil, it likely needs to b replaced
Old 01-28-2012, 07:41 AM
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Agree with your direction..... I also have a 95 3vze--always a bit of a rough start when damp, but new wires, cap and rotor would usually fix.

Couple of weeks before my HG failure, the engine starts were really rough and it needed 'pedal-feathering' to idle, and take almost two miles of driving before it would run smoothly. I thought it was just wires again,....but it was coolant in the cylinder.
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just put on the 'new' igniter and coil from the yard and it seems like it may be fixed, the only thing i noticed is that i have to ease into the throttle if i punch it, it does the same thing briefly before rising.

Also noticed a couple of small breaks in the wiring going to the igniter that weren't noticed before. The igniter is not the exact same numbers as the one I took off. The one I put on had 201 on it mine had a Pxx number on it. Don't know if that makes a difference. We will see as I drive it through the weekend.
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Nice. Hopefully that fix (or that cracked wire) will be it. And,.... you did something really constructive on a Saturday morning.
I'm still shuttling kids and trying to clean house.
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well just took the runner to run some errands not long but... she ran normal will have to see what happens in the rain......
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I had a 97 wrangler (piece of crap) that started doing the same thing. ONLY when it had rained, or was really humid and damp out.... I changed everything I could think of and never did get the problem solved. Ended up selling it to a guy for cheap. Mainly becuase I was tired of jeeps and wanted to get back into yotas. It was a dark phase of my life. . . . but I came back into the light. Or maybe it's opposite. Good luck!
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